Patents by Inventor Hal J. Rhoad, II

Hal J. Rhoad, II has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20110099934
    Abstract: A ceiling system includes ceiling members that are supported intermediate their ends, are positioned to catch liquid and debris from above, and provide a pleasing appearance from below, while still being easily removed individually from the ceiling. The ceiling system may be installed under a deck support structure and provide adjacent ceiling members having nested male and female inverted J-shaped legs extending upwardly. The nested legs of the ceiling members are suspended on downwardly extending J-shaped hooks mounted to the support structure in an array. The hooks are positioned to define a clearance space between hooks such that the female leg of an adjacent ceiling member can be raised into a clearance space to allow removal of a nested male leg of a ceiling member being removed from the ceiling. The system can be configured so that the ceiling members are supported without being held in place by fasteners, and removal of the ceiling members occurs without the removal of any such fasteners.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2009
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Inventor: Hal J. Rhoad, II